Safe and Equitable Pediatric Clinical Use of AI

Safe and Equitable Pediatric Clinical Use of AI
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Jessica L. Handley, Christoph U. Lehmann, Raj M. Ratwani
JAMA Pediatrics, 13 May 2024; 178(7) pp 637-638
Excerpt
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in pediatric clinical settings has the potential to improve diagnosis, treatment, and quality of care. However, most pediatric AI products tend to be in an early stage—mainly to predict risks using patient data (eg, kidney injury, clinical deterioration, and mortality). AI may also lead to unintended patient safety and equity issues harmful to children. US President Biden’s October 2023 AI executive order calls for an AI safety framework. As guidelines, standards, and policies are formulated to guide safe and equitable AI use, the application of AI in pediatrics must be recognized as imbued with distinctly different risks and mitigation needs for children than in adults…